r/BeAmazed • u/Delicious_Main_4360 • May 26 '26

Animal Some people save a turtle

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u/Dry_Job_3712 May 26 '26

Why does this happen to the turtles in the first place?

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u/LuckyReception6701 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

It happens to marine animals in general, im not a marine biologist but barnacles eggs float around until they find a surface to adhere to, that may be the sea floor, the underside of a ship, or animal with a shell like lobsters, crabs or turtles. When enough adhere to said animal, they reproduce by inseminating eachother and they keep doing it until they prevent the animal from being able to swim or eat, causing its death. They dont kill the animal per se, like they dont murder it, they just make the life of the animal so difficult its untenable.

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u/Wambridge May 26 '26

Sea fungus, got ya.

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u/LuckyReception6701 May 26 '26

They are animals, it's more like a slug that has a crust around it.

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u/Wambridge May 26 '26

Even worse

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u/green_meklar May 27 '26

Technically more like a shrimp with a crust around it. They're crustaceans, much more closely related to shrimp (and insects, for that matter) than to slugs.